Best bargains
Hi all again,
Dare I start ANOTHER new thread?
How about some of the best bargains in the Philippines? Might be of use for some of our subsequent visits.
Here's a few to start us off (although I shall probably be scorned for the first one)
Packet of fortune ciggies - 9 pesos - Robinson supermarket Cebu City
Bottle of Emperador brandy - 63 pesos - same place
STONKINGLY BEAUTIFUL large mango shake - 20 pesos - little shop opposite Fast Track at Tagbilaran.
Anybody want to add more?
Alan.
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Try BUKO PIE (you can get a fresh delicious buko pie in Batangas or Laguna though) and BUKO PANDAN FRUIT SALADOriginally Posted by Alan
Gnammy, gnammy
You can bring Buko pie back to UK while Buko pandan fruit salad is much difficult to carry back
'We dance in a circle and suppose, while the secret sits in the middle and knows'
R.F.
balut p13
Che cosa è torta di Buko?
Oh - sorry Tom - What is Buko Pie?
BUKO PIE- A sweet treat of crunchy light pie with fresh young coconut thin layered flakes baked on top...Che cosa è torta di Buko?
Oh - sorry Tom - What is Buko Pie?verrry delicious! Ask Hannah if she have tried it!!!
'We dance in a circle and suppose, while the secret sits in the middle and knows'
R.F.
Sounds beautiful!!
How about...Horses' ****? It's free in the Philippijnes...And it's £1 in Scarborrough
A winning horse doesn't know why it runs in a race.
It runs because of the hits of pain.
Life is a race. God is your rider.
So if you're in pain,
then think God wants you to win
how bout relief goods like "ukay ukay"
Filipina a born survivor!
Seasfoods fish, prawns, crab all dead cheap and if you go to the wet market real fresh.
Can't beat going to the market and and then handing to the resturant and eating what would be a quite a few quids worth of sea food for very little.
you mean quite a few squid.
What red horseHow about...
There is a place I know near NAIA your back on the airport facing the main road take the way to Sucat and within 5-10 mins you will find this place it is called DAMPA or Seaside Market it is a wet market where you can buy fresh seafood, fish, prawns and crab and you can take them to the restaurant there are few of them at the both side of the market and make them cook for you. It is very cheap and it really worth a try.
'We dance in a circle and suppose, while the secret sits in the middle and knows'
R.F.
Thanks for that piece of info Peanutz - very useful. I did not realise you could take food into a resto and they cook it for you.
Alan
It's horse' manureWhat red horse
A winning horse doesn't know why it runs in a race.
It runs because of the hits of pain.
Life is a race. God is your rider.
So if you're in pain,
then think God wants you to win
I thinlk there are a few one near the airport which im sure we have been (sitting at ealing broadway station and the missus is at work so cant confirm) and another near makati well about ten mins past the debenhams from what i remeber with loads of resturants with most haivng crazy bucklas on the door
Another bargain. Those DVDs with about 12 (pirated) movies on them - 75 pesos.
I take it that it would be illegal to bring them back to the UK?
Alan
dont think the dvd's would play here Alan. maybe I'm wronge but when I took dvd's from uk to phils they didn't play their. MASAMA hehehe
They play fine here actually. (OOOOOOOPS!!!!!!!!!!)
How could I forget this one?????
Jo's Chicken Inato - 64 pesos.
BEEEAAAUUUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mmmmm,, now you made me remember DAMPA,,,,Its definitely worth a try hehehe yummy talaga :cwm29::cwm29:There is a place I know near NAIA your back on the airport facing the main road take the way to Sucat and within 5-10 mins you will find this place it is called DAMPA or Seaside Market it is a wet market where you can buy fresh seafood, fish, prawns and crab and you can take them to the restaurant there are few of them at the both side of the market and make them cook for you. It is very cheap and it really worth a try.
You're quite right there about pirated DVD/CD movies. My hubby usually buys pirated DVDs in the car booth for £2 each
A winning horse doesn't know why it runs in a race.
It runs because of the hits of pain.
Life is a race. God is your rider.
So if you're in pain,
then think God wants you to win
it's even cheaper to download the films yourself, and buy a divx dvd player from around £25+ , then you can put on up to 6 films on 1 dvdso don't do it
for research and educational purposes only there is a very good copy of simpsons the movie on all good torrent sites near you now
another bargin, get your teeth
crown on the nhs - gold colour of course
or a white one, done private a mere £300
philippines just as good, about a 1/5 of the price
just need to save money for the airticket
Newsgroups are much quicker than Torrent.
Keith - Administrator
ukay2x
there are ukay2x in carbon area...how bout relief goods like "ukay ukay"
for buwad (dried fish) go to Tabo-an in Cebu. although just be careful as the area is known for junkies.
tabobanay near metro gaisano, colon is still popular for brand new clothes...as they said imported from hongkong (not sure!)
my ranting, my blogs, my life...http://mamichrissy.blogspot.com
did i mention the SAN MIGUEL?
There is a great fish restaurant in Sotokil on Mactan Island, just next to the Lapu-Lapu Shrine.
Huge selection of fresh fish, shellfish, shrimps, lobsters, squid, octopus,etc...
You choose it, get to your table and 10 minutes later is ready... served with flair... Very reasonably priced.
Six of us ate like gannets, it didn't cost £ 14...
Including the drinks.
I was so impressed that we went there on a few occasions.
The taxi ride from Cebu city was less than 3 quid.
Will definitively go back again.
did i mention san miguel??
Yup.............. Twice already........
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